KIRKHAM, Robert (c.1580-1638), of Richmond, Surr.

Family and Education

b. c.1580, 1st s. of Edward Kirkham, yeoman of the revels 1586-1617, of The Savoy, Mdx.; bro. of Roger†.E.K. Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 96, 99; ii. 45, 52. educ. Westminster sch.; Christ Church, Oxf. 1598, aged 18, BA 1601; L. Inn 1601.Rec. of Old Westminsters comp. G.F.R. Barker, A.H. Stenning, i. 541; HMC Hatfield, vii. 170; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. unm. suc. cos. in Richmond property 1611, fa. 1617.PROB 11/122, f. 230; Richmond Par. Reg. (Surr. Par, Reg. Soc. i), 175. bur. 13 Nov. 1638 13 Nov. 1638.Richmond Par. Reg. 193.

Offices Held

Servant to 1st earl of Salisbury (Robert Cecil†) 1607–12;HMC Hatfield, xix. 108; A.G.R. Smith, ‘Secretariat of the Cecils, 1580–1612’, EHR, lxxxiii. 482, 494–5, 504. sec. to Treas. commrs. 1612 – 14; clerk of the signet 1614–d.;C66/1902; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 359; HMC Downshire, iv. 371; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 103. sec. of embassy, Paris 1629–30;CSP Dom. 1628–9, pp. 551, 571. commr. malting and brewing 1637.CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 404.

J.p. Mdx. and Surr. 1625–9;C231/4, ff. 192–3; C66/2527. commr. charitable uses, Surr. 1626,Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 51. sewers, river Welland 1634, river Gleane 1638;C181/4, f. 161v; 181/5, f. 101v. surveyor of saltworks, North and South Shields 1636–d.T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 36; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40, p. 199.

Parlimentarian

KIRKHAM, Robert (c.1580-1638), of Richmond, Surr.

Main residence: Richmond, Surr.

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

KIRKHAM, Robert (c.1580-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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